title: Identification of diverse Salmonella serotypes, virulotypes, and antimicrobial resistance phenotypes in waterfowl from Chile.
abstract: Salmonella enterica is a pathogen with a wide host-range that presents great concern in developed and developing countries. To determine and characterize Salmonella strains found in Chile's waterfowl, we sampled 758 birds along 2000 km of the Chilean coast. In this sample, 46 isolates from 10 serotypes were detected, several with multidrug resistance phenotypes and different combinations of virulence-associated genes (virulotypes). These results suggest that Salmonella infection in waterfowl in Chile could have impacts on public and animal health.
authors.affiliation: 1 Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Silvoagropecuarias y Veterinarias, Universidad de Chile , Santiago, Chile .
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fresno
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barrera
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gornall
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lillo
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abalos
authors.forename: Alda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Retamal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents